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re: To what extent would LSU be more prestigious if it were in a safer location?
Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:24 pm to Flightnclouds
Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:24 pm to Flightnclouds
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Who would have thought that a college with most students from that state would not be prestigious.
You’re 100% right. As much as people don’t want to admit it on here, Louisiana has a small talent pool when it comes to smart kids.. Combine that with the fact that the majority of LSU’s student body is from in-state, it’s not hard to figure out why LSU’s academic rankings are near the bottom of the SEC.
The higher-ups at Tulane knew that the only way to boost endowment and academic rankings was to go after out-of-state students who were in the top 10% of their class. They went that route, and because of that, Tulane has much better academic rankings and a much higher endowment than LSU.
This post was edited on 4/16/24 at 12:31 pm
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Posted on 4/16/24 at 1:03 pm to JasonDBlaha
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Louisiana has a small talent pool when it comes to smart kids
Not as small as you’d think.
Louisiana’s PSAT cutoff ranking (which ranks the top 1% of test scorers in the state) came in at #27 nationally in 2023. That was above states like Wisconsin, Alabama, Utah, Oklahoma, Iowa, and Vermont.
Our best and brightest stack up favorably to other states.
It’s the bottom half, in particular, that’s the anchor.
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